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July 2017 Volume 7 • Number 6
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July Music In The Park Rocks CSD Passes Budget With Key Favorable Provisions ‘80s Dance Party Style No new special taxes, added police two main elements By Bryan Harrison
The Mountain House Community Services District Board of Directors met Wednesday, June 21, 2017 for a continuation of the previous week’s board meeting. The June 14 meeting ran too long, with too much on the agenda, so this gathering was focused on finalizing the budget for fiscal year 2017-’18, beginning July 1. Over the course of what turned out to be a four-hour discussion, several significant decisions were made and, in the end, a final budget was passed with a vote of 4-1 (President Brian Lucid voting against). Several key provisions were voted into this budget, including: Adding two (2) full-time deputies to the MH Police Dept;
By Bryan Harrison
The Mountain House Music In The Park Summer Series for 2017 started like a fire on the stove. 100-plus degree temperatures didn’t deter the 5:00 p.m. crowd at the start of the show, and the band met the challenge of the heat. ‘80s Dance Party band, Fast Times, kicked things off with an upbeat dance groove, and kept a steady stream of familiar hits from the 1980s going strong. They played for three hours straight, breaking - but never leaving the stage - only for a couple of quick announcements about midway through their show. The crowd poored in, clamoring for the shady areas, until some cloud cover provided some shelter from the summer sun. Once the sun was low enough to hide permanently behind trees, then the horizon, the afternoon gave way to a beautiful Mountain House sunset sky. A funny thing happened just as the concert concluded at 8pm; a festival of sorts broke out. In the twighlight evening, folks were fully in the spirit and not even ready to go home. Food vendors surrounded the outside edge of the bowl, with the stage set up along the side nearest the long field (as was done at Kite Fest this year). Organizer, Angel Lamb, said the change in placement was continued page 2
Music In The Park Continues! 2017 Line-Up - details page 10
August 19th: Stealin’ Chicago September 16th: Rachel Steele
Grandest Mountain House Independence Day Parade To Date!
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3 Hansen School Construction Ground-Breaking
4 Dog Club Takes on Dog Park Initiative 5 AceForward Public Notice 8 Wine Club Hosted by MH 9 MH Real Estate -
“Resale ROI”
10 - Independence Day
Parade & Festival
12 MoHo Crime Stats 13 MH Fire Dept Stats July 4th Fire Near School District Building
14 “Shakespeare... WAIT!” 15 MH Matters Services Directory
18 Relay For Life 2017 19 WCS Girls’ U15 Goes
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20 MH Matters Calendar
MH Crime Stats
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